Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 347: A Familiar Broadcast

Taking advantage of the stable weather today, Gu Pan and the others completed the procedures for the villa next door and settled Guo Gang and Meng Meng there too. From now on, they would all live together. Even if there were any dangers, they could act as one.

When they went to pick up Guo Gang and Meng Meng, they also greeted Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou and left them some food, urging them to conserve as there was a shortage at the base.

Chen Fengzhou assured Gu Pan that they would definitely save food and protect Yang Jia.

After returning, Gu Pan and the others didn’t go out again.

Guo Gang’s group lived in the villa next to Chen Shaonan’s. Only one floor remained habitable. Without container houses, their living space was limited, but it was sufficient, and most importantly they had freedom.

The base now only had power for forty minutes, and the same was true for water supply. It was rumored that this might even be reduced in the future.

The people at the base had heard rumors and were aware that food was becoming increasingly scarce, which made many of them anxious.

The broadcast sounded in a timely fashion, "Residents of No.7 Base, residents of No.7 Base, please do not panic. The quick-growing red potatoes have been planted and will be harvestable in ten days. Everyone should use containers at home to prepare soil. In ten days, every household will receive some red potato sprouts to plant at home. This variety doesn’t require sunlight and can grow with just soil and water. It’s one of the best inventions of the apocalypse, greatly solving our..."

Gu Pan zoned out while listening. She didn’t know what would happen if they ate too much of this food. Even if it wasn’t harmful, it would only serve to stave off hunger. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Lu Ruisheng saw her distracted and reached out to ruffle her hair, "What are you thinking about?"

Gu Pan asked Lu Ruisheng, "Do you think people at the base, or people in the apocalypse, will have to eat this kind of quick-growing red potato and algae regularly?"

This was how the base residents referred to these two new types of food.

Lu Ruisheng nodded, "Quite likely. For now, we can only hope that not many animals have mutated beyond edibility."

"I have a bad feeling about this, I’m afraid it won’t be safe to eat them."

"Actually, I have the same feeling. That wolf that died, its blood glowed at night. If wolves are like this, I doubt other animals are faring much better."

"I feel the same. So I’m afraid the days ahead will be even harder. I don’t know when the Mount Everest Base will be ready. Speaking of which, I’d like to go there sooner, to settle down and help with the construction."

"We do have things in hand that could contribute greatly to the construction of Mount Everest Base."

"We’ll discuss it with dad when the time comes. Anyway, if we go, we’ll go together. We can’t leave him behind alone."

"Yeah, if we go, we should also bring along Second Uncle. We have the ability to survive; we can’t leave those who truly love us without support."

"Mhm."

The overcast weather continued, but there was no snow or rain. Gu Pan wasn’t sure whether this constant gloom was considered a natural disaster, but such weather persisting was detrimental to agriculture and not amiable to human health either.

It felt as if everyone was anxiously awaiting a disaster to strike, uncertain when it would suddenly start raining or snowing.

However, the weather remained unchanged for ten days, and people gradually adapted.

The continual overcast skies made it feel cold, even though the temperatures weren’t very low.

But these were acceptable inconveniences, so no one complained. Long-term dreariness, however, could dampen people’s moods and lead to irritability.

Soon, the base began distributing sprouted red potato slips. Unlike other plants, red potatoes propagate by burying sprouted slips in the soil, so the distributed slips already had sprouts.

Each household received ten pounds, not a staggering amount, but it reassured the base residents. At least they knew the base was trying to maintain their livelihoods; with the base’s support, there was hope.

The base held a considerable population, and they had been cultivating these potatoes in secret for a while. By not making a prior announcement, they intended to use this achievement to stabilize morale in a critical moment.

This was a research achievement of No.7 Base. They even sent some to the main base.

Now, instead of queuing up for distribution, those with family at home would mark their doors, allowing base staff to go door-to-door to deliver and avoid people taking extra shares while ensuring most people’s safety.

Gu Pan and the others hung cloth on their door early, indicating someone was home.

When the staff arrived at their house, they were surprised to see the container house in the yard.

A young worker couldn’t help but ask Lu Ruisheng, "Bro, where did you get this container house? This thing is great."

Lu Ruisheng didn’t hide the truth, "We brought it from outside, we are Scavengers, we can go out."

The young worker, admiringly responding to Lu Ruisheng, said, "You guys wouldn’t happen to be relatives of Base Chief Lu, would you?"

This was hardly a secret at the base, as Base Chief Lu’s kids didn’t rely on the base’s resources and were constantly scavenging outside, often bringing a lot of supplies back to the base. This was one reason the base held abundant respect for Base Chief Lu.

In the past, some had coveted the position of Base Chief, but ever since Base Chief Lu acknowledged his son, those ambitions were laid to rest. Regardless of the connections the Base Chief might have had, his son’s contributions were incomparable and would have been explosive for anyone. That alone helped keep internal base conflicts at bay.

Lu Jianguo had mentioned this to both Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng previously, and they felt it was like unintentional good deeds bearing fruit.

Lu Ruisheng replied to the young worker with a smile, "Yeah, I’m the Base Chief’s son."

The staff’s attitude became even better, "You really don’t take any shortcuts and rely on the base for supplies just like everyone else."

Lu Ruisheng said, "The family of the leaders should be the example."

The workers’ respect for them grew, and they even gave them larger bags of red potatoes.

Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng thanked the workers and sent them off before returning inside to figure out the planting.

The method mentioned on the broadcast was straightforward, even simpler than planting red potatoes. Just bury the slips in the soil, cover them with earth, water them when the soil dried out. No sunlight was required, some natural light was sufficient.

Gu Pan and the others had already prepared two planting baskets with soil from Space that hadn’t been eroded by acid rain.

After planting, they watered.

They had examined the red potato slips closely. Unlike the red potatoes they had eaten before, these were lighter, with a high water content and probably low in sugar, so they were likely tasteless.

But they had the same shape as red potatoes and pale skin, while the sprouting spores were a dark color, which now looked somewhat black.

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